Please come up with some story ideas for tomorrow’s story planning meeting.
Then, please write on your wiki page which of the methods of self deception are being used in the following 10 examples:
1. Whenever Mrs. Tackberry complained that their family was large enough, Mr. Tackberry could convince her to undertake another pregnancy by contending that since they already had six children, one more would hardly make a difference.
2. “I don’t know what’s gotten into people. They can’t stay put; they’re always on the move. Never satisfied with what they’ve got, always wanting something new and different. I’ve lived here in this same house for 50 years, and it still looks good to me.”
3. I guess that if men were ever going to abolish poverty they would have done so already. It can’t be done, and we’d better save our energy.”
4. “Either you refuse this drink and remain decent, or you accept it and go to the devil.”
5. “Poverty, poverty, poverty! Everybody’s talking about poverty. But nobody dares mention the cause. It’s just laziness, and that’s all.”
6. Philosophers are people who go out at night and look at the moon then wonder why it’s there.”
7. “If we convoy ships for England, we must got o war with Germany, because if we take one step against the Axis Powers, logically we will have to take the next, and there’s no stopping place.”
8. When the candidate was asked whether he favored decreasing subsidies to farmers he said that the problem was a difficult one, that he saw many arguments for an against such a proposal, that therefore he would not decide until — when elected — he was actually faced with the problem.
9. When presented with evidence that his grandfather was a corrupt politician elected to office by illegal votes, the candidate replied, “Politics was a rough and tumble affair in those days.”
10. “I know I didn’t win the race, but what do those people expect of a person? The track was too wet!”
